Letter to Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA, from his wife, Nancy Norris Loretz Warlick, and his mother, Nancy Norris Warlick. Included in the letter are details of the Federal occupation of the area (near Jackson,...

This reunion pin belonged to Pvt. Lewis Cole, Co. B, 55th Tenn. (Brown's) Inf., CSA. The brass pin is shaped as a shield and has two crossed Confederate flags with the dates 61-65 above the flags and 1906 below the flags. Cole was born in 1836 in...

Letter from Anna E. Peck to her cousin, Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA, thanking him for news of her brother who was in Maryland. She writes, "his heart and soul is with us, who are only contending for our own rights....

Letter from Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA, to his wife Nancy, written days after his capture on Island No. 10 and imprisonment at Camp Chase, Ohio. He assures his wife he is well and in "comfortable quarters." Of the...

This button for a Confederate reunion in Nashville on June 14-16, 1904 belonged to Pvt. Lewis Cole, Co. B, 55th Tenn. (Brown's) Inf., CSA. The button has images of the Southern Cross, Lt. Gen. John Brown Gordon and a bald eagle upon an orb labeled...

Photograph of married couple, Confederate veteran, joined Brown's 55th Cavalry from Benton County. His regiment was absorbed by Co. A, 24th Infantry. He was wounded in the Battle of Shiloh, although not severely. May have been captured and then...

This brass U.C.V. souvenir medal belonged to Pvt. Lewis Cole, Co. B, 55th Tenn. (Brown's) Inf., CSA. The front of the medal has the image of Gen. Robert E. Lee. The reverse side has three Confederate flags.; Cole was born in 1836 in Benton County,...

Letter from Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th (Brown's) Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA, to his wife Nancy. The letter was written at the start of the 55th's encampment on Island No. 10, less than one month before its surrender to Union Gen. John Pope...

Letter from Nancy Norris Warlick to her husband, Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th (Brown's) Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA., written on paper imprinted with the CSA seal and image of Jefferson Davis. She reacts to the recent news that her husband had...

This letter is from Decatur G. Chapin, a white officer of the 55th USCT. Chapin was originally a private with the 12th Ill. Inf. Regt., and by mid-1864 is serving a dual role with the Tennessee Freedmen, Enrolled Militia, a home guard militia...

Nesbitt served in Co. H, Brown's 55th Tenn. Inf. Nesbitt was from Carroll County and was taken prisoner at the capture of Island No. 10 in April 1862. He survived camp Douglas and returned to his home.

This name plate held once held the Southern Cross of Honor pin of Pvt. Lewis Cole, who served in Co. B, 55th Tenn. (Brown's) Inf., CSA. The United Daughters of the Confederacy gave the pins to Confederate veterans. Cole was born in 1836 in Benton...